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ancientry
[ eyn-shuhn-tree ]
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Origin of ancientry1
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If in a country town we find an Inn called New, it is a sure sign of ancientry.
I must tell you of a curious little bit of ancientry which I saw at Heaton, which greatly delighted me—a "rush-bearing."
All looks ancientry itself; but, in fact, this cutting off of the Dyke is quite a modern affair, not yet even two centuries old.
"Mornin', miss—mornin'," he answered in the high, cracked voice of rural ancientry.
Ancientry preserves its unbroken descent outside the church.
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